🌱 What will the Super DIRTcar Series bring to the revived Mansfield Speedway?

Hello Mansfield! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• What will the Super DIRTcar Series bring to the revived Mansfield Speedway?
• Mansfield’s Snow Trails beats the rest of Ohio to ski season
• How a forgotten Mansfield ticket landed a former Cavs star in jail

Also on today's calendar: Youth Orchestra and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Colder with morning flurries, with a high of 26 and low of 21 degrees.
• Friday: A.M. flurries; cloudy, cold, temps: high: 28, low: 20.
• Saturday: A little snow, up to 1", with a high of 25 and low of 9 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• 33 Races For Super DIRTcar Series (speedsport.com) — Mansfield Speedway is set for a 2026 revival, including hosting the Super DIRTcar Series’ Big Block Invasion of Mansfield on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The national dirt-racing tour’s 33-race schedule will bring top Big Block Modified drivers to the Mansfield track as part of a two-night Ohio swing.
   

• Why Ohio's highways won't look like Michigan's when it comes to marijuana ads: The Wake Up for Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 (cleveland.com subscription) — Snow Trails ski resort in Mansfield is set to open Thursday, becoming the first ski area in Ohio to kick off the season, with Mad River Mountain near Columbus following a day later. The broader newsletter also covers new statewide marijuana advertising rules, major education and infrastructure decisions in Northeast Ohio, and a variety of arts, sports, and business updates.
   

• Bodycam video: Former Cavs star arrested in Beachwood (fox8.com) — A former Cleveland Cavaliers player was briefly jailed after Beachwood police discovered an outstanding warrant from Mansfield tied to a missed court date on an old speeding ticket. He resolved the matter in Mansfield Municipal Court the next day by paying a fine, a reminder that even minor traffic cases can follow people across Ohio.
   

📸 Around Mansfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mansfield

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 12

• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
  The Mansfield Playhouse, 95 E 3rd St, Mansfield
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 12

• Daytime Shop & Dine Kingwood Center Gardens
  Kingwood Center Gardens , 50 N. Trimble Rd. , Mansfield
  10:00 am
• 56th Annual Holiday Fair at the Mansfield Art Center
  Mansfield Art Center , 700 Marion Ave. , Mansfield
  11:00 am
• GBK @ Pleasant
  Pleasant High School , 1113 Owens Rd W , Marion
  6:00 pm
• GBK @ Pleasant
  Pleasant High School , 1113 Owens Rd W , Marion
  7:30 pm

Saturday December 13

• F/JV/V BBK vs PLEASANT
  Ontario High School , 467 Shelby-Ontario Rd , Ontario
  4:45 pm
• Wall of Fame Night
  Ontario High School Athletics ORena
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 14

• Youth Orchestra
  Renaissance Theatre , 138 Park Ave W , Mansfield
  3:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Daytime Shop & Dine Kingwood Center Gardens
  Kingwood Center Gardens , 50 N. Trimble Rd. , Mansfield
  10:00 am
• 56th Annual Holiday Fair at the Mansfield Art Center
  Mansfield Art Center , 700 Marion Ave. , Mansfield
  11:00 am
• Christmas at Alpaca Meadows
  Alpaca Meadows , 1200 Rock Road , Mansfield
  12:00 pm
• Ashland Model Railroaders and Railfans Train Display
  Kingwood Center Gardens , 50 N. Trimble Rd. , Mansfield
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Start the year off on the right foot by getting organized.
  Mod podge a pretty napkin to a recycled tin can. All supplies are furnished. A representative from Richland County Solid Waste Management Authority… (Nextdoor Estates)

• Staffing Partners posted a job opening for Plasma Burn Table Operator in Mansfield. Apply here.
• Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center posted a job opening for Substitute Teacher - Bi-Lingual in Mansfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mansfield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Ontario

• Caudill, Fogle highlight 12 Richland County Division III All-Ohioans (mansfieldnewsjournal.com)

Shelby

• Area Agency on Aging hosts online caregiver conversation (sidneydailynews.com)
• Juvenile court judge Beigel to serve as president of judges association (sidneydailynews.com)
• Ohio farmers on both sides of the aisle react to news of federal subsidies coming their way (ideastream.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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